Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bouvier's red colobus (Piliocolobus bouvieri), recorded as Endangered
Bouvier's red colobus (Piliocolobus bouvieri). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Bouvier's red colobus

Piliocolobus bouvieri

Bouvier's red colobus is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Piliocolobus bouvieri, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Piliocolobus bouvieri
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Cercopithecidae · Piliocolobus

Appearance

Bouvier's red colobus has brownish-red fur on its body that is lighter than its closest relative, Pennant's colobus (P. Pennantii). Its head has a patch of black to chocolate brown fur that is smaller than that of P. Pennantii. It has a white chin and whiskers.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for Bouvier's red colobus on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Bouvier's red colobus is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bouvier's red colobus, Wikidata item Q15789560. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Niger Delta red colobus (Piliocolobus epieni), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Niger Delta red colobus

Piliocolobus epieni
Photograph of Pennant's colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Pennant's colobus

Piliocolobus pennantii
Photograph of Preuss's red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Preuss's red colobus

Piliocolobus preussi
Photograph of Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Tana River red colobus

Piliocolobus rufomitratus

Quick answers

What is Bouvier's red colobus?
Bouvier's red colobus is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Piliocolobus bouvieri.
What is the conservation status of Bouvier's red colobus?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Piliocolobus bouvieri. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bouvier's red colobus live?
Bouvier's red colobus is a colobus monkey rediscovered in the Republic of the Congo in 2015, after four decades without a confirmed sighting.
Why is Bouvier's red colobus in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Piliocolobus bouvieri?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bouvier's red colobus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.